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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
With respect to ‘Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC)’, consider the following statements
- It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is the wholly owned subsidiary and overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd
- The Government of India conferred the Navaratna status to ONGC last year
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Solution(a)
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Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect In October 1959, the Commission was converted into a statutory body by an act of Parliament, which enhanced powers of the commission further. The main functions of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission subject to the provisions of the Act, were “to plan, promote, organize and implement programmes for development of Petroleum Resources and the production and sale of petroleum and petroleum products produced by it, and to perform such other functions as the Central Government may, from time to time, assign to it”. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Government of India. ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the wholly owned subsidiary and overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. The primary business of ONGC Videsh is to prospect for oil and gas acreages outside India, including exploration, development and production of oil and gas. It currently has 38 projects across 17 countries. In November 2010, the Government of India conferred the Maharatna status to ONGC. Context – ONGC Videsh announces new discovery in Colombia.
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Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect In October 1959, the Commission was converted into a statutory body by an act of Parliament, which enhanced powers of the commission further. The main functions of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission subject to the provisions of the Act, were “to plan, promote, organize and implement programmes for development of Petroleum Resources and the production and sale of petroleum and petroleum products produced by it, and to perform such other functions as the Central Government may, from time to time, assign to it”. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Government of India. ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the wholly owned subsidiary and overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. The primary business of ONGC Videsh is to prospect for oil and gas acreages outside India, including exploration, development and production of oil and gas. It currently has 38 projects across 17 countries. In November 2010, the Government of India conferred the Maharatna status to ONGC. Context – ONGC Videsh announces new discovery in Colombia.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Millets’
- Millets can develop from seeds to ready-to-harvest crops in a matter of few months
- Millets can keep well for few years or beyond if stored properly
- It is a crop grown well in dry areas or even on lands with deficient and low fertility
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
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Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct Millets due to their short growing season, millets can develop from seeds to ready-to-harvest crops in just about 65 days and this characteristic of the millets is of vital importance in thickly populated regions of the world If stored properly, millets can keep well for two years or beyond. He stated that there is a need to mainstream millets to improve India’s nutrition outcomes. Millets have been among the oldest eatables in the country. It is a crop grown from small seeds which can be grown well in dry areas or even on lands with deficient and low fertility thus is known as the superfood of India. Context – Union Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today inaugurated the National Conference on Millets on the theme ‘The Future Super Food for India’ in New Delhi, organised by industry body ASSOCHAM with the support of M/o Food Processing Industries.
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Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct Millets due to their short growing season, millets can develop from seeds to ready-to-harvest crops in just about 65 days and this characteristic of the millets is of vital importance in thickly populated regions of the world If stored properly, millets can keep well for two years or beyond. He stated that there is a need to mainstream millets to improve India’s nutrition outcomes. Millets have been among the oldest eatables in the country. It is a crop grown from small seeds which can be grown well in dry areas or even on lands with deficient and low fertility thus is known as the superfood of India. Context – Union Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today inaugurated the National Conference on Millets on the theme ‘The Future Super Food for India’ in New Delhi, organised by industry body ASSOCHAM with the support of M/o Food Processing Industries.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Food fortification’
- It is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more macronutrients in a food or condiment
- Coating, dusting, extrusion are some of the methods employed to fortify regular rice
Select the correct statement(s)
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Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Incorrect Correct Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) in a food or condiment to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. Various technologies are available to add micronutrients to regular rice, such as coating, dusting, and ‘extrusion’. ‘Extrusion’ involves the production of fortified rice kernels (FRKs) from a mixture using an ‘extruder’ machine. The fortified rice kernels are blended with regular rice to produce fortified rice. Context – Nutrition activists demanded withdrawal of fortified rice in Chattisgarh.
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Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Incorrect Correct Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) in a food or condiment to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. Various technologies are available to add micronutrients to regular rice, such as coating, dusting, and ‘extrusion’. ‘Extrusion’ involves the production of fortified rice kernels (FRKs) from a mixture using an ‘extruder’ machine. The fortified rice kernels are blended with regular rice to produce fortified rice. Context – Nutrition activists demanded withdrawal of fortified rice in Chattisgarh.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
‘Ol Chiki’ is the script of which language
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Solution(c)
The Ol Chiki script, also known as Ol Chemetʼ (Santali: ol ‘writing’, chemet’ ‘learning’), Ol Ciki, Ol, and sometimes as the Santali alphabet invented by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in the year 1925, is the official writing system for Santali, an Austroasiatic language recognized as an official regional language in India. It has 30 letters, the forms of which are intended to evoke natural shapes.
Context – Santhal tribe and their culture were in news.
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Solution(c)
The Ol Chiki script, also known as Ol Chemetʼ (Santali: ol ‘writing’, chemet’ ‘learning’), Ol Ciki, Ol, and sometimes as the Santali alphabet invented by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in the year 1925, is the official writing system for Santali, an Austroasiatic language recognized as an official regional language in India. It has 30 letters, the forms of which are intended to evoke natural shapes.
Context – Santhal tribe and their culture were in news.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Azooxanthellae corals’
- These corals derive nourishment from capturing different forms of planktons
- They are non-reef building corals which are restricted to shallow waters
Select the correct statement(s)
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Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect Azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not contain zooxanthellae and derive nourishment not from the sun but from capturing different forms of plankton. They are non-reef building, solitary corals. These groups of corals are deep-sea representatives, with the majority of species reporting from between 200 m to 1000 m. Their occurrences are also reported from shallow coastal waters. Zooxanthellate corals, meanwhile, are restricted to shallow waters. Context – Scientists have recorded four species of azooxanthellate corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new corals were found from the waters of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Incorrect Azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not contain zooxanthellae and derive nourishment not from the sun but from capturing different forms of plankton. They are non-reef building, solitary corals. These groups of corals are deep-sea representatives, with the majority of species reporting from between 200 m to 1000 m. Their occurrences are also reported from shallow coastal waters. Zooxanthellate corals, meanwhile, are restricted to shallow waters. Context – Scientists have recorded four species of azooxanthellate corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new corals were found from the waters of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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